‘What’s Hot’ List: 3/27/15 For First Time in 7 Years, FCC Fines TV Station for Nudity (National Journal’s Tech Blog, 3/23/15) A Roanoke, Virginia, station accidentally aired a brief pornographic video clip during its evening newscast on

‘What’s Hot’ List: 3/20/15 NAB to FCC: Limit Online Filing Complaints (Broadcasting & Cable Blog, 3/16/15) The National Association of Broadcasters is asking the FCC to at least look into limiting its public file complaint process to

DPI Webinar: “Preemption, Policy and Politics” February 25, 2015 On the eve of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) February 2015 Open Commission Meeting, the Digital Policy Institute hosted a webinar entitled, “Preemption, Policy and Politics.” The webinar

‘What’s Hot’ List: 3/13/15 F.C.C. Sets Net Neutrality Rules (New York Times, Rebecca Ruiz) The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released extensive details of how it would regulate broadband Internet providers as a public utility, producing official wording that almost certainly

Dr. Jay Gillette, DPI senior research fellow, supplied the opening keynote speech at the BOBCATSSS 2015, an information sciences conference, this year held in Brno, Czech Republic. The conference acronym is from the names of the founding universities.

FCC Chief Tom Wheeler Outlines Three-Part Strategy For A Stronger Internet (Forbes Tech Blog, 2/9/15) The FCC has been busy in recent weeks drafting and reviewing a final decision in its proceeding attempting to protect the “open

Verizon Wireless will let customers opt out of ‘supercookie’ tracking code (The Washington Post, Switch Blog, 2/02/15) The FCC is moving to preempt state broadband limits. “Federal regulators are moving ahead with a proposal to help two cities

‘What’s Hot’ List: 1/30/15 These four lucky cities are now officially getting Google Fiber (The Washington Post, The Switch Blog, 1/27/15) After months of speculation, Google confirmed Tuesday that its ultra-fast Internet service will soon be coming to four